HP OpenVMS Systems Documentation

PPU Software

Name

Pay per use software for Windows Server 2003

Description

Pay per use (PPU) is a program where customers pay only for
the computing capacity they use. The PPU Software provides services
for metering resource utilization on supported HP systems. For billing purposes,
utilization is determined by the actual percentage utilization of
each core.

The PPU software communicates with a utility meter to report utilization
data. The utility meter in turn transmits the utilization data to
HP for proper billing

PPU systems must be configured to use a utility meter. Utility
meter configuration is accomplished using the ppuconfig command
(see “ppuconfig
Command”).

The data that is sent to HP is aggregated and then sent to
billing; it is also posted on the utility portal for viewing at: http://www.hp.com/go/payperuse.

By default, the PPU Software is installed at this location:C:\Program
Files (x86)\Hewlett-Packard\ppu

For more information, see the Pay per use User's
Guide located on your SmartSetup media at:\contents\doc\en_us\PayPerUseUserGuide.pdf.